The Sun. — London, England, 1826-11-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TILE PUIILIC JOURNALS. The praise due to Mr. Littleton .for his attempt to prove, the comtitution of Committees on private bills, and to purify their proceedings, cannot be questioned, even on the acknowledgment that the pi oposed reformation of the Hon. Gentleman may not be altogether complete. -. We doubt whether it would be practicable to find an expedient . free from all shadow or objection, for deterrpining ques tions involve many personal interests, when, from the Outwit of things, there Milo he, • among the general body, of the :fudges, a number of individuals either -sub stantially, ieterested in the result, or, indirectly biassed by friends or prejudices with regard to it. All that can : be reasonably looked for ib, that regulations should be esteL Wished, excluding,. as carefully as possible, the parties in terested- front the exercise of a paramount influence upon the fate of a private bill, either by restraints im posed upon them, .or•• by an obligation imposed upon other, and impartial, members, to watch over and control 'their manoeuvres. That 'no Such salutary means have been hitherto employed by the House of Coinnions fur the prevention of abuse in these local emictments, which so poWerfully affect the rights of property •in every part of the kmgdom, has been pretty manifest from the predominant feeling of the House itself, during several sessions, including more especially the last. " What exclaims Mr. Littleton, " could there be of a just or satisfac tory decision upon a Private Bill, when the majority of MeMbers on the Committee had each of them a direct pectiniary interest in the success of it ?" What chance, `indeed I That numereuainstanceS of grog's wrong have occurred in the Course of thiS Private Bill'history We be lieve there is link doubt. ,On some occasions, moreover, of open committee, a few Members, most anxious in favour of the Bill, have sat on snugly front week to week, with uS much (head of alarming or awakening the neighbourhood, as if they had been a gang of house-breakers; nay, as quietly as a hen upon her eggs, until the hatching wtotaccom plished, and outstalked thei young animal, nobody know ing whence it Caine. -Again, when local party, on such questions,' ran high, it' has been notorious, that'the evi dence, however voluminous or important, was never listened to by more than half a dozen 'MeMbers ; but that when the hpur for votitir ,drew near, the rival factions, have each headed len• mob of senators, dragging them up to the Committee-room, like so many regiments of Irish 40s. .voters, and marshalling them for " Aye" or " No," without asking them to, hear the teetirneny Of a single Witness, or communicating to them one fact 'of importance to the Merits of the case. These' are shocking abUsete Mr: Littleton's plan for cur ing a system sa vicious, though liable . to some objections on the score of convenieuen,...appears, in principle at least, an a pproximation to the thing required, as near„ as on a first attempt at amendment, could have been reasonably hoped for: Tile ComMittee not being in any case open to the capricious interference of the whole House, after only a handful of membern have been . at the trouble of reading the evitienee, will get, rid ,at once of that which has been the most crying of the evils attendant on the former system. — The Hon. Cilentleman very properly includes the members for " adjoining counties.," among'thoie who are to deCide on each bill introduced to Parliament, since it seldem hap pens that a change of much consequence in the worki or communications of . one county does not, in some way or other, involve the interests of others in its vicinity. But to counteract the overpowering force of a party, the ma. jority of whom might feel an undue bias upon the point refetted to them, an equal number of (60) members from dketeet confide* are joined in the commission, and also en titled t o vote. Thus we have a perfect knowledge of lo calities on one side, and on the other a freedmit from lOcal prnjudice anti en gagement as full its can will be conceived. The Conwiittee of, Appeal (seven members) --a eelect eomm ittee,to revisnand overturn the decision of the first 7 mentioned , conunittee,if .necessary---we are likewise dis posed to consider an experiment worth trying, as the knowledge that such a controlling , power hangs over them, may, by •poseibility, render the members of the original tribunal More cautious of the manner in which they decide. Vire - repel what. we ,set out with, remarkin ticga,l t ahvanta d at infan e t ionehiai are; of necessity, without the pracg which experience always brings with it, and that a well intended measure ought not . to be disdained as a whole, because acute minds may allege, partial faults iuits construe- The two following paragraphs we find close to mu other in last Monday's Hampshire 'Ow °nick During a late visit of Prince Esterhasy to Mr. 11. Bari ng, I . l x l Son 6 tarley, 1,0 houi of game were killed by fou r gOos 11!.. sly ix. 842 pheasants, 334 bares, 2'22 rabbits, 58 partrid ges, b wooticovlo, and snipes. The parties were, Princ e Esterl iazy, Mon. tleorge Au.m, Hoe. if. De. Roos, and Mr. Henry Balin g . Potwar of 50 prisotters are now in the County Britlewell for ntreuees under the tisane Laws, and we regret to observe that the number is daily ineressing—no lento than nine young men 1136ig been committed froru the neighbourhood of ltomsey alone during the. pretest week. Several persons are also in the County' Gaol fur trial, on charges of having bean found armed for the destruc- *GU of game, contrary to the statute. here we , have, if we mistake not, both the cause and the effect ; mid a striking spuritnen of the'advantage and result of our precious system Of , Game Laws. , Romsey is ,very near to Somerley. We do not say, because we do not know, that the nine young men committed from , the one place were for poaching at the other : but it is not impro bable ; and if it be true, we hope it'is not libellous to ask the princely, honourable, and noble sportsmen .above named, wlotther they have hearts that can really enjoy pleastiras, it they really be such, purchased at so dear a rate ? At any rate, we a.A. the country gentlemen of England, while they endeaveuring . to gain the public opioion to their side, ciit another . question of vital, import mice to them used their peatenty, whether they thiult t h ey ca n expect to acquire one utom of spritsail -7 from the generality of their countrymen, while for their ovsn selfish gratifications (and those of the most eireurnaeribott and contemptible nature) they are fillittg the giiols with the victims of their own temptation. the absurd ex t ent to which game must be preserved when such 'biome as this can rates ove i n s i x days, requii'es no comment. To cockney sporisrrien it may be sport. Lo common sense it a p net s. to lie mere slaughter—a mere wish to exterminate lift ; , „,, t 0 cart imagine that persons who delight in seinleless hotigs, as they are called, would take quite us much pleasure, it they would only give their minds to it, in killing fliers in a grocer's shop, or in slaughtering the tribe of ants which their pheasants feed tipon. We re mendien the time when such shooters would have been ca ll e d poti.huntei's, and laughed at, or "scut to . Coventry, by .every' real opottetnen, who ate tna, umeh , pleasure in find , l ing his, game es in killing it. ?int this would be a mere m atter of taste, and of little or no consequence to the orld, were it hut for< the fearful results which it entails upon the peasantry Ole 0 . bold Peasantry," we bray Wl* fortunately saY), who are thus enticed and ensnared into • practick which have entailed ruin upon so Many—and even ignominious death upon not n few. Surety it is - high . time for, ~omething lei be done to arrest the progress Of this growing evil. To talk of the a dvr iotages of landlords hying t upou n-ir 0,4att.,, and of th e sports of th e When the ' lives of the vommon people heant's of no more. Value in their eyes, than those of hares and P llv "autep.i4 shocking and preposterow. Let a man be absurd eno ug h, he pleases, to have his game ten times es 1114 0E10o8 'he s ' f owls; but do T i m , in. i. stet, * space rui bon7dOor of teiiroo left o ut ' taking of the wild animal he er nn ' and i i ( „C t greater ell ernity than stealing the turne "e; iet the'sporting :Justice in the One ease posses. th which belongs to a ;Ivry in the other.r. , friortling e p desribed i the Hera/ ower A,Meeting. of the County of Norfolk P res . ,h at " Report as one of the most numermis: and pceetainen e ever took place in that County,bee of e Islorwieht °ll Saturday hut, „ in portina . ti it, P l ltt u l t. rurpose of ceri4nleting the propriety cif first, . f tn " t tiot4 in progress; calculated to increase the iii WI" nam ely, th e appointment ,of District . Sur7 County /Intel- • h s • and secondly, for tlte purose r the Ilig. w4 Y w hich veybri ° t heir o#lltanenti to the pracoce o f esprelSing prevails at the Shire-hall, of " always conducting what is termed the County Business with close &ors, a practice held to be, decidedly hostile to pie spirit of the British CoestitetiOn." The' Resolutioes agreed to at this Meet ing are highly honourable to the County of Norfolk. After stating that the County Rate had increased enor mously, within the last twenty yeais, namely , from 7,200/. in the year ending Midsummer, 1807, to 20,400/. in the year ending Midsummer, 1826 ; that the County Rate is at " the , sole•arbitrary and irresponsible disposal 'of the Magistrates of the County, whose patronage increases with the increase of funds at their disposal," the Meeting Resolve e-e -" That the practice' adopted by our Magistrates of conducting public business priVately, and with closed doors, is a practice bettersuited to the genius of a Despotic than of a Representative Government. " That the exclusion of the public from any Court, and par ticularly from one in whose decisions their pecuniary interests are concerned, is hoitile to the spirit of the 'British Constitution, which practically recognizes poldicity in all Conti., Legiilative and Judicial. " Should any doubt exist concerning the legal right of the public n) 4elliarail admittance into the County Court, and to be present at the whole of the deliberations 'of the Magistrates during the General Quarter Sessions, or any Adjoirrned . SeSsions held by them,, that this question of legality shall be brought to issue on . the very first attempt which may be made on their part to enforce' exclusion ; that a fund be itinnediately raised to defray any ex pence which may be incurred in trying the question ; and that a Committee, consisting of the following' gentlemen, be appointed, and are hereby appointed, to take the necessary measures for that ptirpose—nainely, Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Hon. George Wel ' pole, Jehos. Postle, Esq., It If. Gurney, Eaq., T. S. Norgate, John Ensor, ESq., Wm. Jury, Esq, W. Gilbert, Esq., J. Culley, Esq:' Is any other proof wanted of the mischievous character of the system which beatews' such extensive discretionary and irresponsible pewers to Magistrates, •than the spee tacle which the country now exhibits of the formation of Associations, in various, quarters, for the express purpose of opposing the Magistracy in ie oppressive exercise of their powers. Their seizure of public' roads and foot paths has led to Associations for their preservation. Their jobbing at the expense of County Rate Payers, carefully excluding the public, has, in like manner, led to an As sociation. The flagitious invasions of property in the character of Lieetisers led some years ago to an Associa tion. It is in the country, which is the envy of surround ing nations, and the admiration of the world, that this listrangephenomenon is witnessed of the people banding against their Magistrates, just as the people in the middle ages were obliged to band for mutual protection against the robber---Barons who plundered them op the high 'ways. Mr. Ceke, speaking on the subject of transacting business with closed doors, said that " Many years ago be bad been in Court at the time of Mrs. Sinclair Sutherland's ease, when Mr. Windham proposed to re quire sureties in five, hundred pounds. He confessed he was hurt at a man of Mr. Windham's liberality proposing such a sum, and wished it to be 300/., observing that Mrs. Sutherland was an in jured woritim.' Mr. Windham proposed that they should go up stairs to debate with closed doors ; but he, Mr. Coke, said, rather indignantly, - that he would not go up stairs to debate with closed doors, and Mr. Windham was defeated." Whenever men wish to do any thing mean or unprin cipled they retire froM general observation. All persons who prey on the public, whether high or low, prefer deli berating with closed doors. When Soames and his associates meditated a coup of any sort, or when they divided, they did not, we ;nay, be sure, any more , than Jobbing Magistrates or eCommittee-men prefer being surrounded by an audience. Nay, even Mr. Peel (to. his credit be it spoken), in the Debate on Tuesday night, on' Mr. Littleton's Resolutions, to guard against the. injustice -perpetrated in Committees on private Bills, said, "he believed the best corrective of the abuses complained of, would be letting he the light of day upon them." Yea, yes ; the light of day is hated by unclean birds. Fear is not Sp rispectabk a motive as virtue; but it is often It very telerable substitiite ; and were it not that no small number of our species are cowards, , the world would be worse than it is. A Magistrate who with closed doors would vote a Chaplain for madsnen ut the expence of the County Rates, or strip an innocent and unoffending publican of his property, and who can look his brother Magistrates (whose moral pulse he has felt) firmly in the face, When he sees a hundred or two eyes fixed on him, feeli his heart die' Within him, and be cannot muster courage to perpetrate his foul purpose. And yet it may be thought to argue a very . relexed ‘ state of mo rals in that class from which Magistrates are taken', that' a Gentleman should coolly propose (when the public are excluded) to a dozen or so of his brethren, that they should commit an act of such barefaced injustice, as the withdrawing of a. licence : from a public-house which has been Meritoriously conducted, thereby involv ing an innocent individual in ruin, for no other reason than the proprietOr's having voted for a particular Member, or having refused to lend money to one of their number, or on account of some other private pique. That a dozen of men. should coolly look each other in the face, while such unhallowed work is going on --that they . should feel no: niacin at being known thus intimately for what they are to each' other, suggests conclusions which we shall take carei not to draw. We regret, however, to be obliged to state, that such is the extent of the demoralization produced by the Licensing System in the Magistracy of England, that not a few well authenticated "instances are known (would that we could doubt their existence!) of bands of six oe more of them coolly committing whose acts of spoliation , com -; . pared with which the conduct of the highwayman, _ poverty or vices send him to the highway, Moi.ning chronicle. . The politicians of the Stock Exchange provided them selves With a panic yesterday , in the shape;of reports and _ rumours of the King of Spain having marched an MO Portugal, to support the rebellious subjects of Don army Pedro against his legitimate authority. We Oppose th'fi absurd, story' bad its believers among those who ho oi w nq i n t h . w et a l f : neither, where the army was concentreted, no to be maintained out Ufa pennyless exchequer. It is suf ficiently obvious, that, under existin g circurnStances, the relative position of Spain and Portugal must present triereue occasions for complicated and diffieult discussionse arising from the known tendencies of Spanish policy,• and the easy communication with the Spanish territory. Unless rcr(liaand could establish an effective Military Cordon :along the whole western frontier of his kingdom, the Por tue malcontents, as often es their , safe t y re q uires it, will necessarily take refuge in hie dorninions. We readily 4 ' l ' l ' 4 too, that the Cabinet of Madrid,acting under sinis ter influence, is well disposed to augment the obstacles which already stud in the way of establishing the new constitutional ,system ' but to talk of Spain, as $O4, daring to provoke the hostility of England, by an armed aggression upon her ancient atid faithful ally, is a manifest ahserdity. A Government without money, and without credit to borrow it--without lower, almost, to enforce the execution of its own decrees—is in a fit condition to rouse a spirit, whose recoil Would go near to annihilate it.—eN.Tinzes. Mywrxittowi DISAPPEARANCE or A CHILD, Information was given at the different Police Offices in the M metro polis yesterday, by a r. Beck, of the. singular loss of a child, only four years of ant', on the 18th instant, front a place called F.lford Mill, near Litchfield. It appeared front Mr. Beck's state , inept and from the handbills which he, left, that his brother, who mettles at Mord Mill, had an only eon, a fine boy of four years of ' no, and that On the 18th instant he left his father's house about twelve o'clock in the day, and was seen playing near the paper m— illfroin whence it w its s upposed that he had proceeded—a very short distances-to the house where another relative resided* suAdii however, w as no t the fact; but he was not missed till four looms afterw ar d s , an d though persons were dispatched in every direction, no t i d i ngs of the titild could be gained. 'that night and stnthe ft ' lklwin flAq. Perbunta were employed to drag the rivers, and admit ev ery p l ace in the neighbourhood ; but all was unavailing, and tits tiarenni ware in a state of affliction the most inconsolable. A few days afterward*, they learned- that a female " tramper" nwitaisseved,nwiltz t a t to 6l, :teLglt i o n u g too y d, about the time the child wax ed all ttlirr7ait.fair , ei:ilmi. vulva, itf i , n eH l u tet v .; 4 ln r s 4t ; ), li b t l t i t ie ft e l y ie ,4 l:Th d a t e c l a u ye., (l- 1 four year* of ago, has dark It)er:tZniu his rapper jAVV , awl is left handed. Ile had On 'a dark grey Cloth jacket, light thickset trowiter*, half bootd, and a stat ion car. A reword is offsrtil for the child's recovery. LAW INTELLIGENCE. • , • couirr OF COMMON PLEAS-Nor. 29. arkscurnarns(iN'e. atisS PLETEIIEC • • This wit an action to recover compensation for attendance at the defentlaWs.lionse in Claptou, where Allp kept a young ladies' solinol. The plaintiff keeps a school near Finsbury-square, and went every - WednesdaY to Clapton, Wheie she attended two or three hoUrs in instructing borne of the young ladies in the French language. The damages were laid at 4,0/. Mr. Sergeant Vdi dti A k stated 'the' plaintiff's ease. Miss Kerr, a young lady, who teaches fa the defendant); school, recollected the plaintiff's coming to the school in December, 18Q4, and also her giving instruction to some of the young ladies. The entire number at the school were eighteen; at one time seventeen of these were receiving iustrpctious in French. At another time the number was considerably less. Witness heard the defendant say, she charged the parents enough to pay tee coach hire of Miss Cuthberson. The plaintiff resided at a distance of three miles from Clapton, and kept a school. She was in a delicate state of health. The plaintiff and defendant were old acquaintances, and bad been' intimate friends. • Miss Douglas, another teacher in the same school, corroborated the above testimony. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE, for, the defendant, contended, that the attendance Of the plaintiff was merely an exchange of good offices. The Rev. Alexander Fletcher, who is brother to the defendant, was called on her behalf. His sister was in the habit of giving, instruction in French. The plaintiff also, attended his sister's school for the same purpose. ' On his cross-examination, he denied that there had been any disputes in his congregation-4M disputes were without his chapel. He had written to the plaintiff to offer an adjustment. His offer to pay the debt and coo .s proceeded entirely from a wish to pre vent scandal. Mr. Crossly, who had four daughters at the school, said he did not find any charge made for French. A lady who had a child at school, produced a bill, in which there was a charge of .ss. 6d: per quarter for French composition. Miss Charlotte Fletcher, sister to the defendant, recollects a conversation with the plaintiff, in which Miss Cnthbertson ex pressed a wish to come on Saturday, instead of Wednesday, the usual day of her attendance. Her object was to remain on Sun day at Clapton, but she • only attended twice or three, times on Saturdays. Verdict for the plaintiff 8/. 165., deducting 4/. which she had received. IMPORTANT TO THE MILITARY. MAYOR'S COURT. SIR W. DUREX TODD, PLAINTIFF, 'MESSRS. GREENWOOD AND COX CARNISHIES, COUNT LINSINGEN, DEFENDANTS. Yesterday this case came on before the Itircoanza. It was au attachment issued against the firm of Greenwood and Cox the Army Agents, for certain monies in their hands, alleged to belong to Count Linsingen, as part of the produce of the sale of his Com- mission in the Army. The London Gazette of October 10, 1828, was produced, from which it appeared that Lieutenant EWen M'Phemon, of the Ist Foot, had purchased into the Ist Hussars, and that Captain W. Count Linsingen was allowed to dispose of his half-pay. Major Milling, Under Secretary in the Officeof the Commander in-Chief, produced an order from his Royal Highness the Duke of York, with the sign manual, addressed to Afessra. Greenwood and Cox, authorizing the payment of money by them to Count Linsingen, to the amount of 1,2001., being part of the proceeds of the sale of Count Linsingen's half-pay, and authorizing the pay. went of the residue thereof, being 800/., to the Treasury. This order was dated the 10th of October, and sent on that day to Messrs. Greenwood and Cox. On the 11th of October Messrs. Pierce, army clothiers, made application at Messrs. Green wood and Cox's Office for payment of a very large sum of money 'due to them by Count Linsingen; and Sir Herbert Taylor, on the same day, sent a verbal message to Messrs. Greenwood and :Cox, desiring that those agents would not pay over the amount of the sale of the Commission to the Count. On the 12th of October an attachment was issued, and on the 13th a written noticeivas sent by the Corninander-in-Chief, directed to Green wood and Cox, revoking the order of the 10th for the sale of the Oammitisiou. It was contended, on the part of the plaintiff, that the purchase money in the bands of tLe garnishees was to all intents awl pur poses the property of the defendant, from the moment the order was issued to Alessrs. Greenwood and Cox, authorising the pay itierit of it to him, and that the subsequent notice of revocation WAS not available, inasmuch as the attachment had been issued previously, and could not be prejudiced by any order of the kind even if the po*er of revoking existed. Against the plaintiff's claim upon the garnishees it was con tended, that until Count 'Linsingen had actually received the ailment of the sale of his commission,which could not have been disposed of without the permission of the Commander-in-Chief, he could' not be said to be time owner, of that, amount which lay in the hands of the army agents, subject to the future disposal of the Commander in-Chief, as if no orilir of any kind had been issued. The COURT was of opinion that the money in the hands of Greenwood and Co. was not the property of Count Linsingen, as the actual payment of it to him had not taken place, but was sub ject to military law, and under the controul of the Commander-in- Chief, the Commander-in-chief having exercised such controulling power, by revoking the first order. The plaintiff, therefere, was not entitled to a verdict. A Juryman observed, that it appeared to him that COunt Lin singen had possession of the money from the date of the 10th October. The RECORDER said, that the Commander-in-Chief, who alone had the power of allowing commissions to be sold, had for mally revoked the order authorising the payment of the money. Juryman—" The Money was nut recalled until after' it was at., tubed." . The REconnia---" If it had been paid before the attachment was issued, the attachment would certainly not be available. Be sides, a verbal order revolting that of the 10th of October had been sent to Messrs. Greenwood and Cox; which verbal order was followed up by the written order. In my opinion the attachment is of no avail. Several of the Jury respectfully expressed their dissent from the opinion of hie Lordship,. and said they considered that the gar. nishees were liable. The Reconnee—" If you take upon you to say that this is Linsingen's money, notwith standin g the revocation of the order, 1 cannot help it. 1 only say that it is my opinion that the money is not his, and cannot be attached as his." .luryman—" It cannot be wished or expected that we would give a verdict contrary to the evidence that has been adduced." The Ratiortnen-L." Certainly bOt. The evidence is to me quite satisfactory on the point. It is quite evident that the money is the money of the military Board, and that the defendant has no thing to do tvith it. r Jurymau.—" The money becomes his, in my opinion, after the sale of the connissiou." Mr. A:immunise, for the Plaintiff, suggested that as the Jury seemed dispoied to find against the opinion of the Court, it would be the better way to return a special verdict. Jitryman—The money wasgiven up to the defendant when the the purchase was completed upon the Commauder-in-Chier s permission ; and the third party, Which i s reco g nized by this Court, having it in possession, it, it appears to us, subject to the authority of the Omit The ReCortorst still maintained, that the money was not legally attached ; but said, dot if the Jury were determined to find other wise, he could not help it. The Jury gave averdict for the Plaintiff. Mn I .ltrutnouse said, that an injunction would be moved for. HATHWAI V. B LP:ADSI 4 . Mr. LA w stated that this was an action brought for the value of goods sold and delivered, for money lent and advanced and ex pended, &c. &c. Mr. BoLLAND said, that the pla intiff and defendant were re spectable 'gentlemen of the Corporation of London. The plain tiff kept a stationer's and newsvenders shop close to the Royal applied to Mr. Bath- Exchange; and Mr. Bleaden Was secretary or clerk to the Royal Alliance Mining way, who is in the habit of inserting advertisements, to do jos. tice in that manner to the Company alluded to. Mr. liathway, CAmpany. Mr. Bleadeu in compliance with his directions, put adeertisenieuta in several of the papers relative to that .Company, 'and 10 a second Com. pang, the debt to which SSI: 101. 6d. was , Admitted, and to a certain monumental trophy, in honour of hie 3fajesty King "e"ffu M. The Jury knew the expences of advertising. it cost Mr. flathway between iti/, and 17/., upon which hit corn- mission amounted to no more than )os. Mr. IllesChsuof the London Tavern, was called. li e deposer, , • avern, tb4t hr believed that a paper, stating the names of the Newspapers in %Odell the several advertisements were to be inserted, was in the writing of the defendant, who wax' a relation of his. 3 ed. 'We ir liv with Mr. Ilathway ; had applied to defendant for p a yment of s!.loe. 6d. for advertising the Alli ance Co mpanY ; was desired to call frut o time to time , a nd was protni m ed payment itt ? ,1 t eh Wit it There was also Monumental Trophy acco unt. .lue Rre"DEtt having summed up, the Jury found for the plaintiff to the amount of the ittlinitted debt. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —Yesterday, tit if. Wynn, the youth who was charged by Mr. Field, the Secretary of the Medical So ciety, with having stolen a quantity of books belonging to that body, underwent a final examination. The Lerd Mayor, under the authority of Mr. Peel's late Act , which enables stagistrate, where there is not, W in his opinion, strong presumptive proOfof the guilt of a prisoner, but yet sufficient circumstance* of suspicion to warrant him; with the advice of a second Magistrate, to hold him to hail, called in Mr. Alderman Kay to hear the case. ~ The former examinations having been read over, Mr. ALLEY, who attended as counsel for the prosecution, said, that there was at present cogent evidence against the prisoner, and a case made out for his committal. Mr. THESSIGER said, be had no occasion, and that he had no in clination to go heyond•the ease already before the Lord Mayor. Did Mr. Alley mean to object to good bail being given for the ap pearance of the youth? Mr. ALLEY said, he had advised his client not to resist thebsil. The LORD Mavon said, a. strong presumption of the pri soner's guilt was raised in his mind by the circumstance of his being the pupil of Mr. Field, and from his having in his posses sion books with the marks mutilated, and which he must have known, from his having access to the Society's library, belonged to them. • - Mr. THESSIOER contended, that the presumption which his Lordship raised against - the youth was rebutted by the circum stance that it was only upon his information that the hooks were found. Some further discussion took place, in which the Loan MAYOR observed, that whatever dispute there might be be tween the young man's friends and Mr. Field, the latter had conducted himself creditably, at least as regarded that day's pro ceedings. His LORDSHIP, then, with the consent of Mr. Theesiger, ques tioned the prisoner, who stated, that his fellow-apprentice, M'Alister, was 18 years of age. He had invariably represented to him (the prisoner) that Mr. Field had orders to provide hint with such books as was necessary. The Loan MAYOR—Had 'you no reason to suppose that these books were your master's property ? The Prisoner—None, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR, with the concurrence of Mr. Alderman Kay, admitted the prisoner to bail. The bail required was two of 500/. each. Mr. ALLEY objected to the first two gentlemen that were ten dered, and two others were instantly offered and taken. Before the prisoner was liberated, Mr. Atemr stated that he thought it necessary to give the friends of the young man notice, that no consideration on earth would induce his client now to ab • stain from prosecuting. lie haul the additional evidence yet to offer of two letters from the young man. Mr. Twessiont denied that the young man'e'friends had ever made such offers as those nientipnetl, and expressed a readiness to meet the prosecutor's case. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Yesterday, a young man, of respectable appearance, named Wm. Partridye, was brought be fore Mr. Dull, the sitting Magistrate, charged with a series of robberies on the property of his employer. The property was produced and identified by Mr. Yearsley, and the different brokers identified the prisoner as the person of whom they had purchased it. The prisoner was fully committed for trial, and Mr. Yearsley said that his losses in thin way, for some years past, must have been very great. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday, Wlizabeth Short, upper hOusemaid at James Thomson Parkinson's,, Esq. in Bryan stone-square, charged with having 'Wen a quantity of wearing apparel belonging to the family, and William Short, her hue band, footman to Colonel Armstrong, of New Burlington-street, in whose room the Property was found, underwent a final exami nation before Mr. Rawlinson. ' • Colonel' Armstrong came forward and stated, that Wm. Short had lived with him upwards of 12 months, and if ever there was a servant Scrupulously honest, he believed hint to be so ; he re ceived a three-years' character with him ;he had intruated him with the payment of all his bills,and the care of his plate, and he, had always conducted himself with hon est y and Punctuality. He had lately taken him with him to France, where he remained two mouths, and daring that time the young woman had an opportu nity of bringing things to his pantry without his knowledge, and be believed that to have been the case in this instance. Ile con chided by saying, that if he was discharged, he should immediately take him back, and place the Fame confidence in him as before. Mr. Eta wfaeste, after bearing such a character, said he would make no continent, but discharge him: 'His wife was committed to Nowgate for trial. - WORSkIIP-STREET.—Yesterday John Frampton, a resi dent of Primrose-street, Bethnal-green, and his wife, who carries on the business of a waistcoat-maker, were summoned before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. Osnoawa. and Mr. Ilmerrr, charged with ill-treating their apprentice, Louisa Garwood, an orphan girl, about 13 years of age, apprenticed to them by the parish officers of Bethnal-green. A female who works as a journey-woman for the defendants fully confirmed the girl's statement of the ill-treatment she had received.. The girl's person was exposed, so far as decency permitted, and the marks of .the punishment she bad received with the cane were quite visible. • The women said they bad examined the child's side, and found it quite black from the kick her master gave her ou Monday. The defendants denied the charge of cruelty, and the female described the apprentice as an idle, dirty, and ill-disposed person. Amongst other evil tricks, she had on one occasion put back the hinds of the clock, and occasioned to her master the loss of his aituation. The girl's sister retorted that the defendant would never allow her a moment to mend her stockings, or do any thing for herself, and would not suffer her to go to church, The Magistrates, after a patient investigation, agreed with the parish officers, that the girl should be turned over to some ether employer. The defendants were directed to refund the pre whim of 4/. received with the girl, to. 'which they readily as sented, and were bound in their own reoognizances to appear at the Sessions. UNION-lIALL.—A respectable-looking female, who gave her name Jones, was brought to this office, charged by a country. man, named Davis, with rubbing him of three half-crown pieces. The accused, in reply to the charge; declared there was . no foundation on earth for it. She had, she confessed, very impru her side and chat with her, as she was proceeding in the' same deutly and very incautiously allowed the complainant to walk by direction ; but she soon had to repent of her folly, for before they had gone many yards together, the stranger, putting his hand into his pocket, ejaculated " I am robbed," and actually accused her of having robbed him of three half-crowns. She in vain asserted bee innocence, and he gave her into custody. The complainant here insinuated that she had invited him into a field by the road-side; and it was on the way there as she stuck particularly close to him, that she contrived to abstract the money from his pockets. The female, on being pressed by the Magis trate, did not deny the assertion that she.had consented to accom pany hint into the brick-field, but positively disclaimed any know ledge of the theft with which she was charged. Mr. Citaatexas (to the accusel)—Where did yeu get all the money found in your possession by the constable? Jonec —I received it the morning of the night I met with the complainant, at Gitildhall; as my share of some City hondswhich were sold out. The Magistrate here interrogated her with respect to her fa mily, and being informed that she bad a brother residing•close to this office, he was sent for, and confirmed her statement regard ing the 130/. He expressed considerable surprise on hearing the accusation againit his sisteri and on being made acquainted with all the circumstances. Mr. Cuameres (to the accused)--I shill now discharge you ; at theaame time I cannot help rem arking that your conduct on this occasion has been exceedingly ind iscreet, for had you entered so familiarly into the company of a thief as you did-with the roan who has accused you of having robbed him, in all human probe my three half-crowns will be d fo e r liv s e a r r e t d ain n , p a t u o d h l er e . xpect hility you would have been stripped of every farthing of the large The Magistrate then directed Will act honourably, as she is discharged, an d g i ve ma back my fluency. bad The accused, however, paid no attention to the complainant's earnnt h t e a T d p e t'u you g r : C get—dStilitlneehtlrloo3;:bedle: tS•tyoi.r n l b' e t application, merely observing, on quitting the office with her she bro thel, that she s h ou ld take good care in future, and never get into. such a scrape again. A man named Howe, it will he recollected, was committed for trial from this office a few days hack, for stealing .a quantity of typo from Mr. Barnes, the printer, in whose employment he worked. Yesterday one of the. Committee of .a Society, formed for the purpose of relieving distressed compositors who are unable to gain their livelihood, attended, and stated that the prisoner had been receiving a weekly allowance from the funds of the. Society fora length Of time 'i.tbey (the Society) conce i v i n g that he was not employed. They however detected the, impositien that had been Practise' upon them by perusing the account of his examine., tiou in the Sun newspaper. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, SATURDAY, Ditc. (At She. Court of Conaraiisioars.) Al‘Cormick, J., Broad-street, merehaot—l I COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, Die. 2. Allison, E. and T., Leeds—Star, Manchester-2 Cookson, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds-11 Drewett, N., Emsworth—Crown, Emsworth—l2 Griffiths, T., Bolton—Star, Manchester-4 Hampton and Windle, Liverpool—George, Liverpool--1 Jackson, M., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds-10 Norm and Co., Kingston—Dog 'and Duck, Kingston-upon- Hull-10 S enter, J., Benenden—George, Cranbrook-1 0 Shelley, W., Newcastle—Roebuck, Newcastle-11 Smith and Richards, Manchester—Palace Inn, Mancheitse-r 1 Sparrow and Nickisson, Newcastle-under-Lyme--Roebuck, New' castle-wider-Lyme-10 Walbauk, N., Keighley—Court-house, Leeds--1l ..- Williams, R., Liverpool.—George, Liverpool-1 Wilson, J., Aston—Star, Manchester-9 MONDAY, DECEMBER 4. Atkinson, J., Liverpool—Mr. Leather, Liverpool-1 Crawshaw, T., Leeds—Mr. Granger, Leeds-1 Dewhirst, 8., East Retford—Guildhall, Doneluiter-19 Etheridge, 1 3 ., Norwich—Swan, Norwich-4 Evill, L., Wakot—Mr. Batchellor, Bath-11 Gooch, 11., _Southampton—Crown, Southampton -10 Goulden, .1., Methley—Court-house, Leeds-10 Griffiths, T., Bolton—Star, Manchester-1 0 Hollinworth, E., Stayley—White's, Manchester- - 9 Horsfall, T., Halifax—Messrs. Alexander, Halifax-4 Makepeace, H., Bristol—White Lion, Bristol-1 Minden, W., Salford—White's, Manchester-9 Renwick, M., Newcastle-upon-Tyrie—Turk's head, N 001114.- upon-Tyne-11 Shaw,.S., Newcastle-under-Lyme—Crown, Stone -5 Stockharn, W., Bristol—White Hart, Bath—.ll Taylor, J., Gomersal-Black Bull, Gm:naval- 10 Wood, W., Salford—Star, llianshester-2 Woodcock, 8., Hyde—Star, Manchester-11 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portagal-assess,iineoln i r en-ialkhl.o" den, Deo. 4, * Ojai. , , Adams, J., Newington, baker Best, R., Chelsea, gent. Care, C., Bisbopsgate-st., gent. Edwards, R., Newington, satin-stitch-worker Edwards, J., Horselydown, waterman Fisher, C., Pall-mall, cutler France, J., Carnaby-market, green-grocer Johnson, J., Tothill-fields, shopkeeper Joues, T., Kingsland-road, author Leacock, J., Chalton-street, shoemaker Lewis, N., Highgate, baker ' Lynnell, W., Chelsea, grocer Murrell, L., Seven Dials, corn chandler Turpin, 8., Banner-square, watch-maker Same place, Dec. 6, at Nine. Bagnall, T., Cripplegate, silversmith Berry, T., Brompton, lieut. 34th Madras N. I. Cox, C., .Blackfriars Road, upholsterer Crawley, P., Bletchingley, Surrey, farmer Fraser,ni, G. l A., Ch a rlotte-street, ottte: Essex, street, F f i a tar rm o e y r -squ are, upliolstart r G Hall, it., Old Kent-road, clerk Hannan), E., Clerkenwell, tailor Lattimer, J., Bermondsey, coal-dealer Meredith, W., Stepney, carpenter Reilly, A., Deptford, clerk Summers, S., Russell-mews, labourer Taylor, J., .Southwark, joiner Thompson, W., Mile-end, chair-manufacturer Watts, J., Old Kent-road, sashmaker • COUNTRY.,—At the Court-house, Warwick, Dee. 4, I , leri - Matthews, W. ' Aston, plumber Moore, W., Ladbrooke, labourer Olarenshaw, J., Edgbaston, shopkeeper Pugh, I'., Aston, builder Beading, G., Birmingham, jeweller Smith, H., Birmingham, labourer Smith, J., Birmingham, bookkeerer Smith, J., Birmingham, survoyo& Solomon., S., Birmingham, glass -dyer Staveley, G., Birmingham, fruiterer • Taylor, T., Birmingham, victuslier Warton, J., Birmingham, brass-funnier Webster, J., jun., Birmingham. *ta ti ` The ' Wheeldon, I'., Birmingham, cordwainer Wright, J., Birmingham, comb -maker ! , I i .. ~~. ~ COTTON WOOL. LI s r " "21'°'cZ1,t•_._._.___..........--"". r.tron.r4u, 1 St NATI!). vr..------"A.---..--, „,...------"A-7Z7:. Same pu- ty thl* Tli i• rlod Liverpool London • 0 lassow 1436 Total "P0rt........."" l 3.3. L 1 ------------_- ..-. -------Imitigs,:g:::.r:6, 4 r , 5 . c.. --------1366:,1575arf,:538r:00. 74g.......66?1,1c. 'f1i50b,,,,,,,i-c. ed in COAL MARKET. —Nov. rd. •s. d. • 54. k p i h,„,,,,,3 3 ,1 Atlairs--.................32 0 Tanfleld 1d00r....... 93 0 W. Fr - Wel-y-11...g 8urd0n......._--...32 9lt le .................. :31 3W. li.. NiddeL, 0 Charlotte ............... 32 6 Williuto sa 9W E. ituoseu."'o 0 _ _.__n----- _ ni. ..,Ak0ir........„ 6 Purrest...--......-- 30 0 Windsor Tanlield 33 0 ,%v• E“.::::,....,,,S - Heaton-...............-.. 34 Wy1im.......----.. 30 6 ,009 ~...,r-- -- _......-- (1 ,, Hebbum Main-- 94 3 WallaDidflelvickelS 6 ar14.1,-•••""-„.,..ni,„37 . Holywell .-.......----. 33 0 W. E. BrowiCs..— 93 3 wails pod Pir 0 0 Kiihnsworth .......at 6 W. E. BurratonLyon'o Main __,. Lirldell'a Main......-- 30 6W. E. 0rte1e11...... 31 0 Itusiell's LP" 'xi 9 Pebisi .................. 30 3 W.. 14. 11i1d5........31. 6 Dish on 3,3 6 Percy Eut,33 0 W. E. Hotspur .... 33 3 WON End emeotiti, 36 ti ,, Pontop Windsor-. 30 9 W. E. Newmuch 3$ 9 W. E. 14,..11,010 34 ; Pontop Simpson...3o 0 W. E. Northumb.% 0 V_V_V441;„',.....:0 Shipeote .....---.- 30 0 Ships at lljfke2!2N'hiP...._s2t..._.o)4, IN Onlio,---W. 1(146.4* - --- --- - -`e"o- —NO* *3 ', the sal° The Corn Wheat Lto.CdeOßyNwh;Xes CthHieAiNy Were rather limited. Wheat barely . • A he 141 ' 4 WO , 40 0 and Oats were id. to Id, per 451, lower. Barley r 0 ,151 ‘,... without alteration. Other articles are to a 'bade i°l/;;,, Bonded Wheat was in good demand up to last Saturday, butte ii„ terday the inquiry subsided, and the market to closed be , at the quotations below. N a t te • • 110 dea 11°ur,;sw. 0 ration tit 0 eu.n. 1 00- 5 ' ‘' s d. i„ 7i l i oa 0 ,--, 00 1 „' 0 s , ," O 0 * ' s4a 1 - '7 6 s l i t - 0 S9l ° j ° .001- 0 00 0 sos. 6 ° 0 0 0 ° ma:attrAtgeTund: ti ecl :f. o F toe .. r t p 5 6 1 5'9 ia 0 A 0 t ii O des 0 0 -0r 0 - 46 , 4 0 0" O, 4 6_ l 410 ' 0 SI ' O 0 a 0 45 a ° 5 0 a" 6 ° :: ° g 10a 54 ° - a 0 0 5 is O a 50 °, ~1 0. a i„ 6 0 004 a u '' 0s u 0 Ooa 0 0 " 0 - 0 0 4 0 0 :ye o 3 1t : a OO : 0 " 0 0 4 2 -. na-- . 0 41 0 0 ° 0 ~ .... 0 ..... o .-- ~,, 0 ...... 0ig.... 0 """" og, 55 006 6 0 Zoso',l ua•-• a 0 „ -- , 3 os 4 v 14 ..... 0 -- . !Pease I i.0:1 11.00 1/10:47 I 17'i I 18 9 Veen endsng I.4iv''f!')lsiiol.l 0°4,1. Wheat, English, per Scotch Irish (red) •••••••••••••••••••••••*• ---- Ditto Foreign re) Foreig n bond) COM (free) Oats, English and Scotch ---- Irian Barley, Malting, per Imp. - Grinding,per 150Ino. Beans, l English, per Imp. qr. -- rian Flour, Artlol7l7WeV(bond), pet ditto, English, Sue, per -- Irian, ditto Oatmeal, English, per 'no Indian Corn, per Imp. quarter«..—....— Malt, per Imp. quarter Pease, Englibb white, per Imp. qr..... Rye IMPORT OP 6ILLIN NI the Wheat. Data: B ar ley. Rye . . IBean Qrs. Qri. Qrs. Wro Ors. 3,G31 13,895 PTV mu On the 29th inst., Dr.l3lltaptsT'a.lihs.UB4 , Eaw ira of A gon, of a O so n. n thy 28th init., at Canonbury, Mn.a Baines, • On the ittith just, at Othato Church, • • MARRIED. t by the I goo Parker, the Rev. W. Gail y , Rector of \Val:Ate/41, 140 1 ; 1° d , te , Knowles, el daat daughter of Joshua Knowles, Ea+ , 018' DIED. ( 4'l 6 ' On the 24th October, on -hie passage home froni.fliroo nein", Mr.' Thomas Socks, agir 25 years, yea On the 28th inst., at Bethnall-green-rnedo :i" Mr. John Lepard, late of 'Elizabeth-place, Lmbeth of IP' Ou the 27th inst., in Canonhury-place, in the 6 4 “' P" . L ary age, William Knight, Esq., of Goswell-street. On the 27th inst., at Camden -place, Gatntlen-tert.rtoo. Etherington, aged 65, widow of the late Mr. Robert tFl7iterh On the 93d inst., Mr. R. Fisk, bookseller, of Wigaoo.• aged 47. At the bland of Martinique, Lieut.-General Prime's ouxo at • o' 4-CWI f)rintal sad P 1,14004.1 toy M. Y IV, STILAXD,,